Start Tre' Harris or Khalil Shakir? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tre' Harris over Khalil Shakir in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tre' Harris at 11.4 points and Khalil Shakir at 11.2, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Tre' Harris, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tre' Harris at 49.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Khalil Shakir, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Khalil Shakir at 46.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Tre' Harris 0.1 points ahead of Khalil Shakir on the market projections.

Injury status

Tre' Harris is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Khalil Shakir is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Tre' Harris played 77 percent of LAC snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre' Harris, Week 1 against ARI: 41 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 2 against LV: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 53 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 3 against BUF: 40 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 76 yards.

Tre' Harris, Week 4 against SEA: 66 of 71 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards.

Through Week 4, Khalil Shakir played 62 percent of BUF snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Khalil Shakir, Week 1 against HOU: 31 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 2 against DET: 36 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 3 against LAC: 48 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Khalil Shakir, Week 4 against NE: 45 of 59 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 82 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tre' Harris played 17 games for LAC and scored 69.4 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing WR90.

He caught 30 of 43 targets for 324 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets and 185 air yards.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Khalil Shakir played 16 games for BUF and scored 166.4 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR36.

He caught 72 of 95 targets for 719 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 178 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Tre' Harris over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Tre' Harris.
• Start Tre' Harris over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Khalil Shakir over Courtland Sutton.